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How about, "What bag should I get?" There most be a 100 threads on this topic alone.

yeah true.

They should just buy one.

It's not like every PowerBook has problems.

We should make a thread were everybody that has one with no Problems
like me 

Also a warp or white spoted PowerBook is still better then a Dell with
windows right 

Wrong, even one that is not warp or have white spot is not better then some Dell! not until pbG5 get here!

yea, it can get very annoying. but i can understand why they do that. they can feel much more secure and convinced when they ask their own question and have that personal question answered. it can tedious to the people answering if they have to answer a similar question 20 times a day...but sometimes that's what a support group has to do. support people. but i guess there's always a limit to patience. lol. if the thread is over 10-15 pages behind...maybe it's not so bad to answer them..

Also... are we ever going to update the title of this forum?

Good point, are we?

yeah true.

They should just buy one.

It's not like every PowerBook has problems.

We should make a thread were everybody that has one with no Problems
like me 

Also a warp or white spoted PowerBook is still better then a Dell with
windows right 

Wrong, even one that is not warp or have white spot is not better then some Dell! not until pbG5 get here!

Better can mean many things to different people.  For acquiring the latest virus, I'd say the Dell was better.  If you want to run Windows, the Dell is better.  If you want a workout while transporting your laptop, the Dell is better.  If you want something that doubles as a space heater...ok we have a tie on that one.

If you need to run FCP, the PowerBook is better.  If OS X is your cup of tea, the PowerBook is better.  If you like thin, light, full featured laptops, the PowerBooks are better.  If you need unix functionality and office apps, the PowerBook is better.

-mark

Don't forget if you want to run photoshop, encode video/music, anything that required lots of cpu usage, wintel laptop is better(as in faster! much faster)
Just as G5 is equal or better then most p4/Xp, G4 get completely blown away by both G5 and p4/xp!

for the weight those fast full featured laptops are, i could carry 2 12" pbs

Wrong, even one that is not warp or have white spot is not better then some Dell! not until pbG5 get here!

I want to do what your avatar is doing every time I read one of your posts.

They make you want to drink out of the toilet?

This has really been ticking me off lately, maybe there needs to be a "READ ME FIRST" sticky on this forum or something but...There seem to be a ton of newbies who come in here and are like "I've heard about this problem on the powerbook xx inch and I've heard its a big deal, is this true?" Or something to that effect, when there's 14 damned threads below that tell them exactly what they want to know.  Or someone will be "Hey I'm looking to buy a new xx inch powerbook, what should I know about it?" When we've fielded that questions many times and all they'd have to do is scroll down to get the info they need. It gets a little tedious to field the same damned questions about new powerbooks over and over, I swear sometimes I just want to post "WHY DON'T YOU READ THE DAMNED THREADS RIGHT UNDER THE ONE YOU JUST POSTED THAT ANSWER YOUR EXACT QUESTIONS!!"  I hope other people have noticed this too and I'm not just crazy.  Its good that so many new people are interested in the new powerbooks but geeze...this is getting ridiculous.

Sounds like its time to start your own private forum.

Yeah, it can it get annoying at times; not only with newbies, but people in general who meander in here and post without taking advantage of previous content. Such is the world of internet forums I suppose.

bump

why..

why not?

because it isn't helping...and it is old and crusty :-P